At USD 458 the Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X 3GB is a better buy than GTX 680 at USD 500. Also the GTX 680 4GB VRAM models are selling for USD 600. the HD 7970 Vapor-X 3 GB is looking like a well designed HD 7970. Hopefully Ryan might review the Sapphire HD 7970 TOXIC 6 GB including overclocked performance. All the benefits of that card are present in the Vapor-X HD 7970 3GB which will give buyers an idea of what kind of performance and build quality they are getting.Reply

Agreed. The price is now $448 after coupon code BIGBEN ($10 off). At less than $450, the Ghz edition is as fast as most GTX680s and with overclocking it will beat an overclocked 680. The cooler is also extremely quiet. NV charging almost $600 for 4GB GTX680s is laughable.

I think they should review the Vapor-X 3GB instead. That card is very important imo since to me it obsoletes all GTX680s and enroaches on the $420-430 after market GTX670s.Reply

Overclocked this card will beat the GTX 680 overclocked when compared across a wide range of games and has better price perf than the GTX 680 and GTX 670. Nvidia started out with a better product in March in terms of stock performance and price But its increasingly becoming clear that AMD has the better card now. Reply

You read the article wrong. The TOXIC has 2 BIOS settings: (1) Stock (2) Lethal Button that elevates GPU clock to 1200mhz and memory to 6400mhz. It's 1 card with 2 of those BIOS settings listed in the chart.Reply

Yes, it's definitely overpriced but compared to the main competition, GTX680 Lightning and EVGA GTX680 Classified, it eats them for breakfast once overclocked to 1250-1280mhz. The Classified in particular is a joke since you need to spend $70-80 for the EVBot just to unlock its voltage. The fan on the Classified is also nowhere near as good as this card. Reply

The people who buy these don't run benchmarks all day, though they will run them on day 1 to verify that they are getting the performance they SHOULD get for their purchase. After that, I can see these cards as a good choice for a 3 or even a 6 monitor Eyefinity setup. If you want to run that sort of a setup, you need this sort of performance.Reply

However now that they have managed to get these chips out the door where are the 7970 M and 7950 M - they are missing in action and nVidia 660 rules the major brands top of the lines with some 680:s to spice it up from special providors.

im having a core 2 duo 2.93GHz 3 gig ram and im gegting a bravia so i was planning to buy this 7970 so i jst wanted to know that will my desktop b able go run all demanding games at 1080 x 1920 res every thing maxed at frame rates above 40